Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 10 Leap Research Institute
Blood rushed up into the sky and then quickly fell down.

Blood rained down from the sky, dripping and splashing.

The head, with anger still on its face, slowly rolled into the spreading pool of blood.

“Ha, ha—”

Song Shi gasped heavily. This natural physiological reaction caused by body overload was difficult to stop by human will.

I was really risking my life just now.

A first-level psychic possesses physical fitness that is above the upper level of ordinary people, and psychic skills in the single digits. If this happened in ancient times, this would indeed be quite good.

But now it is the year 2150 in the new calendar, and ninety years have passed since the "Seven Lands War" that almost destroyed half of the world.

The popularity of implant technology has already changed the world. By replacing a prosthetic limb with an operation, one can easily break through the natural human strength limit. Not to mention subcutaneous armor, alloy skeletons, artificial gland pumps and the like.

As for psychic skills, almost all of them before the third ring are not unrepeatable, such as the [Fire Starting] that Song Shi did not choose before and can summon fire out of thin air.

A "phlogiston flamethrower" component equipped with a prosthetic body can reach a maximum temperature of over 2,000 degrees, and the flame it sprays is long and fierce, as long as you are not afraid of burning yourself.

It is not uncommon for psychics to claim that they are the chosen ones because of their psychic powers, and run head-on into a fight with the cyborgs, only to be blasted into pieces by a wave of bullets.

——At least that was the case before the fourth ring, [Sublimation].

Without looking down, Song Shi understood that his entire right hand was shaking and he could hardly hold the dagger steadily.

He concentrated all his spiritual energy on one arm, and tried to unleash a stronger force, using the final forging flame as a medium to bless the dagger.

The three combined into one, unleashing a blow powerful enough to sever the metal spine.

But the cost is equally huge.

The consequence is that my arms are shaking all the time, with torn muscles, burned skin, and bruised bones. I am almost half disabled.

Even the injected analgesics were difficult to suppress.

In comparison, the pain of forcibly breaking free from the handcuffs by dislocating the thumbs was not worth mentioning.

But I have no time to take care of it.

Song Shi rushed forward, tore off the opponent's tactical vest, pulled open his inner clothes, and after a lot of searching, he finally found what he wanted.

Fifth floor, inside the laboratory.

Marico's appearance changed drastically once again.

The clothes on the upper body were completely torn, most of the exposed skin was cracked, and there was an obvious hole above the abdomen. Only a few remnants of the wet artificial lung were left, and broken nerve tubes were hanging down, shaking with every movement.

"I'm Marico, no, I want to be Geri!"

There were spots of blood on his face, and his expression was sometimes tired and sometimes angry.

"——Loading live ammunition, live ammunition shooting is now allowed!"

This cyber madman is more troublesome than expected. He has been transformed by at least 30%. If we continue to fight with the idea of ​​not damaging the company's assets, I'm afraid something bad will happen.

I heard the captain's voice in the headphone channel.

Taking cover from a refrigerator, a man with two artificial eyes that looked like protruding bottle caps and a big beard grinned, grabbed the large-caliber magazine that had been prepared long ago, and inserted it into the TAL heavy assault rifle in his hand.

Still a weapon from Marshall Brothers.

Although the man suspected that the purchasing department had taken kickbacks, the Marshall Brothers was a fairly old-established weapons manufacturer, and the things they provided were indeed quite useful, so there was no need to worry about whether or not there were kickbacks.

Now he just wants to use his bullets to fill up the cyber madman opposite him!

Someone moves faster than him.

A dull roar suddenly sounded.

He was very familiar with this voice.

That was a weapon Dick had purchased privately, a good thing he often showed off.

The "Axiom Expounder", produced by the giant enterprise [Southern Heavy Industry], is a heavy kinetic pistol known for its close-range lethality, but consumers prefer to call it a "can opener."

The official website price is 55,000 credit points, and senior members can get a 10% discount on this basis.

Marico had already made an evasive move before hearing the sound, but he was a beat too late. The bullet from the Axiom Elucidator still grazed the skin on his shoulder - and it only grazed it, and the entire bionic skin on his right shoulder was instantly torn into pieces.

Beneath the bionic skin are not red muscle tissue and bones, but a variety of densely packed mechanical parts and electronic components.

Along with the powerful impact force, these components also shattered into large pieces, popping out and falling to the ground with a crackling sound.

Marico's prosthetic arm once again emitted a series of electric sparks.

The "Hand of Daedalus" is an excellent engineering prosthesis with fourteen universal interfaces, high-precision sensors, and integrated tools including hydraulic pliers, air pump cutters, and phlogiston flamethrowers. The regular version is priced at 300,000 credit points in the market, and Marico's twenty-four installments are currently up to the sixteenth installment.

Not long ago, another researcher had his head smashed by hydraulic pliers.

But that’s it.

soon.

Under the constant crossfire suppression, the remaining three researchers including Vidani finally retreated to the door of the laboratory.

Marico's body was like a tattered rag doll, and his movements were no longer as fast as before.

"Please don't attack the head. I want a living sample."

Before leaving the lab, Vidani sent a message to the captain: "His danger has been greatly reduced. He should not cause any trouble to you. Next, please make control your primary goal."

"I understand."

The captain glanced at the message on the interface and did not reply. Instead, he took out a bundle of high-strength steel ropes from his waist.

He then took out a small liquid pump nail gun module, connected one end of the steel rope to the gun head, and then inserted the entire nail gun into the exposed interface of the prosthetic forearm. The moment the two were released from engagement, the three indicator lights on the surface of the nail gun lit up in turn, indicating that the output had reached the upper limit.

"Notice, I have activated the 'trip rope'. The rest of you please continue to hold fire, suppress the movement, and create opportunities for me to release the 'trip rope', but do not aim at fatal parts."

Hearing the voice in the channel, the bearded man cursed inwardly, "Fuck you, what a troublesome guy!" But he could only resist the urge to continue firing. He threw the assault rifle aside and took out a pistol with rubber bullets - but it didn't matter, since he wasn't going to have a head-on close combat with that cyber lunatic.

A former Level 3 engineer turned cyberpsychopath.

If it really came to a fight to the death, the man didn't think he would lose, especially since he had brought weapons with him - but injuries and wear and tear on the implants were inevitable, and these were real losses, and the outsourcing contract he signed only reimbursed a small portion of them.

No need, really no need.

"Got it! No problem at all! Captain, just worry about it!"

The man poked his head out of the bunker, raised his pistol, and shouted loudly: "We will cover you--"

But the next moment.

A piercing roar suddenly pierced the night sky!
The man couldn't help but be stunned.

This sound.

They drove over here, Barron's. Mobile vehicle? !
What does that guy mean? No more attendance allowance?
Outside the laboratory, hearing the roar of the engine, Vidani suddenly realized something and rushed to the window.

A dazzling firelight appeared in the distance.

It was one of the security equipment purchased by the institute, a product of the giant company [Time Pass].

The "Leaper" motorbike kept roaring at this moment. Ignoring the urgent warning sound from the onboard intelligence, someone turned the power to the highest in an instant and sped towards the gate of the research institute!
"Song Shi?!"

Vidani's voice changed for the first time, and she looked a little surprised and a little unbelievable.

Thinking of Brorick who had not returned yet, she finally realized something. She leaned on the windowsill with her upper body sticking out, and her glass-like implanted prosthetic eyes began to light up.

"Authorization executed, block the gate immediately, Sentinel enters alert and search mode, cameras begin anchoring--"

Almost at the same time.

"Song Songshi?"

The roar of the engine when pushed to the limit is too loud.

Marico also had a small part of the edge enhancement system implanted to strengthen his five senses. His hearing was significantly improved, and he also heard Vidani's words.

".Song.Shi?"

Marico stood in the ruins, muttering unconsciously, and suddenly a word emerged in his turbid mind.

".Promise." Then he remembered.

"I remember I'm Marico."

The man looked around and saw that the originally huge laboratory was now in a mess. A large amount of equipment was damaged, and reports soaked in blood plasma were stuck to the ground. There were broken limbs, debris, and various components everywhere.

Move your eyes downward.

The "Hand of Daedalus", which he was once so proud of and even made him unable to pay off the installments of the loan, is now overwhelmed. The few remaining pieces of bionic skin are drooping, and indigo sparks flash from time to time from the broken inner layer.

The original paint on it had long been covered by the thick blood.

"I don't know any Gerri at all."

Marico murmured, and his previous memories suddenly came flooding back, the physical connection, the unlocking of the prosthesis, and now the roar of the engine. The man seemed to have suddenly heard a very funny joke, his shoulders kept shaking and his face twitched.

“Ha, ha! Hahahahahaha!”

Marico burst into tears amidst the miserable laughter.

Combined with his current appearance, he looks extremely ferocious.

"Why am I the one who died? Do I deserve to die?"

Marico wanted to yell loudly, but he didn't dare. He didn't dare let other people in the institute know about it.

In the distance, the engine just began to roar. Vidani leaned her head out and slowly raised one hand.

Yes, I can’t let the research institute get my memory, and I can’t let them know about my deal with Song Shi.

click.

A metal bottle popped out from the "Hand of Daedalus". It was the phlogiston storage bottle of the "flamethrower" component. This high-energy phlogiston used in industry could even melt alloys, not to mention the brain.

Remember your promises.

That's all Marico could think of.

There was no time to hesitate.

Marico trembled as he put the cut flask of phlogiston into his mouth, then pounced towards Vidani in the distance.

"The target wants to self-destruct! Everyone else, leave immediately - no, don't shoot!"

The captain's pupils shrank.

The crackling ammunition came towards Marico like a rainstorm, but the latter ignored it and sprinted towards Vidani in the distance like a mad dog!

Bang - boom!

I don't know which round of ammunition created the spark.

Marico was instantly engulfed by the flames, the melted wax of his bionic skin dripping, as if endless flames were pouring out of his facial features, and his entire head was set on fire! A wave of air swept in all directions!

Like a demon from hell.

The next moment, unable to bear it any longer, Marico's body flew backwards like a kite with a broken string, knocking down countless equipment and instruments along the way. The subsequent storm of bullets and sea of ​​​​fire engulfed everything.

outside the laboratory.

Vidani dodged a piece of flying metal debris and did not have time to wait for the flames to completely dissipate. She stared at the bottom of the building.

Kilometers away.

The quadruple exhaust pipes gushed out dark blue flames, ignoring the safety protocol and accelerating to the limit - in the blink of an eye, the starting motorcycle turned into a dark blue line of fire that cut through the night and disappeared in an instant!
Amid the violent roar of the engine, the sound of mechanical rotation was heard.

Under Vidani's command, the autonomous sentinel machine gun matrix arranged in the flowerbed and high wall woke up at the same time and entered a state of alert. Scarlet lights shone from inside, and the system composed of the institute's cameras and its own search equipment instantly locked onto the flickering line of fire.

drop.

Tick.

The autonomous sentry machine gun matrix clicked but never fired.

Within the domain.

A tampering program had been put into the public network at some point! Although the firewall was erasing it at a speed visible to the naked eye, the former tightly clamped the firing authority of the autonomous sentinel matrix, and it could not be taken back for a while!
Vidani turned her head sharply.

"Long-range firepower!"

"We don't have any long-range firepower!" The captain spoke quickly, "We have too little time to prepare for the deployment! And our initial judgment is that this place does not need or is not suitable for using long-range and heavy firepower!"

Vidani was about to say something else when her pupils suddenly shrank and her whole body dodged to the side.

Amidst the almost continuous line of gunfire, the area near the window suddenly exploded!

Twelve guns in total and one magazine.

Although due to the distance and the design of the pistol itself, most of the bullets flew to nowhere on the way, but one bullet was lucky enough to hit the area and made a gap in the outer wall of the window.

Vidani dodged subconsciously, but reacted instantly and threw herself back to the windowsill.

The faint blue flame of a motorcycle exhaust pipe. No, it doesn't stop!

Far away from the neon lights of the city, under the dark and deep night.

A red-gold flame silently surged out from the figure on the motorcycle for a moment, like a tracer bullet briefly lighting up the surroundings.

The volunteer sample who had been timid not long ago, now held the motorcycle with one hand and put away the "black powder" pistol with the other. Illuminated by the fleeting firelight, the two of them looked at each other clearly - the other's lips were slightly open, as if he said something.

The data processor has not yet performed lip analysis.

No more shackles.

The young man pressed the armrest without hesitation, lowered his body weight and leaned forward, then turned a button on the dashboard.

The name of the mobile vehicle "Leaper" comes from the "mimic anti-gravity system" it carries. It claims to allow consumers to enjoy the supreme beauty of an airship at one percent of the price.

Amid the roar of the engine that had been pushed to the limit, Song Shi took a deep breath and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom!
next moment.

It was as if an adjuster with an ultra-heavy engineering prosthesis implanted in him held his breath, gathered his strength, and delivered a heavy punch vertically at the chassis of the motorcycle.

When he broke the third barrier in front of him in one breath, a huge force burst out from under his body. The air flow tore from his ears, and in the cold wind facing him, Song Shi suddenly lifted the handrail, and the whole locomotive took off from the ground!

"Mimetic anti-gravity system", also known as "air pump spring"!
Under the dark sky of Palose.

A black shadow rises into the sky!
More than ten meters in the air above the ground, a motorcycle burning with dark blue flames smashed through the air and, with an unstoppable attitude, wantonly trampled on the gate of the research institute that was about to close!

Then there was a loud noise that seemed to shake the earth.

Then, both the violent roar of the engine and the raging flames completely disappeared at the end of the sight.

"Vedani, now..."

The captain picked up his rifle and spoke cautiously.

Vidani lay on her back, staring at the deep, dark sky.

There are no stars in the sky.

Amid the sleepless roar of countless factories in the Rota district, the sky of Palose has long been shrouded in thick smog, and corrosive acid rain continues all year round. Even on rare sunny days, the sunlight will reflect colorful rays of light when it passes through the clouds.

Like neon lights in the daytime.

Looking at the woman who seemed to be in a trance, the captain hesitated for a moment and prepared to leave first. This mission was quite a failure. There would definitely be a lot of reports to be made later, and there would be various kinds of accountability. When he thought of these, even he couldn't help but...
"Ha ha ha ha--"

"An interesting guy... a rare experimental subject."

Vidani let out a low, suppressed laugh, and the next moment, she turned her head and her expression returned to normal.

"I will inform the teacher here, and the rest will be handled according to the company's regulations."

She glanced toward the laboratory in the distance.

The flames brought by the phlogiston had slowly died out, leaving only a broken, dark skeleton half-kneeling and standing in the ruins.

"This level of physical destruction."

Vidani frowned slightly, didn't think for too long, and made a decision quickly.

"Find someone to pack it up and put it in the freezer first. This sample may be useful later."

(End of this chapter)